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Food waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity - new FAO report - UNEP
Direct Economic Costs of $750 billion Annually Better Policies Required, and "Success Stories" Need to be Scaled Up and ReplicatedSee it on Scoop.it, via GR2Food Security, Sustainability &...
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How can Britain tackle its mountain of food waste?
Kat Arney: BBC Radio 4's Costing the Earth explores how small steps, from robots to berry picking, can add up to big changesSee it on Scoop.it, via GR2Food Security, Sustainability & Conservation
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Bee declines: MPs attack government for opposing pesticide ban
The government says evidence does not point to risks to pollinators that would justify proposed neonicotinoids restrictionsSee it on Scoop.it, via GR2Food Security, Sustainability & Conservation
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Wasted Food Around The World Takes Heavy Toll On Environment : NPR
Wasted food creates billions of tons of greenhouse gases, and it costs us precious water and land. The rice lost in Asia and the meat wasted in rich countries contribute most heavily to the problem.See...
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Planning needed to ensure health of US wild ginseng stocks in face of huge...
A recent TV news segment on the subject of ginseng poaching raised the specter of the plant’s possible extinction in the United States. While that fear may be overblown, there’s little doubt that a...
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Drought response lags behind need in southern Angola
14 August 2013, IRIN -- "At a traditional homestead in Chiede commune, in southern Angola’s drought-stricken Cunene Province, four tired, dusty children rest in the shade of a thatched hut. They have...
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Kenya: Hunger Shuts Down Turkana Schools
11 September 2013, allAfrica via The Star -- "More than 15,000 children have dropped out of school due to lack of food in Turkana. Transport hitches and shortage of funding has disrupted Turkana...
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Nutraceuticals Company and "Big Deal for Indigenous Rights"
29 August 2013, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Richard Lee -- "In South Africa, a private company has formally recognized the intellectual property rights of two indigenous groups who...
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NYT Op-Ed - Rajiv Shah on Genetic Engineering
9 September 2013, New York Times, Op-Ed, Rajiv Shah -- The administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development writes of the benefits for poor families. "What’s really at stake in the genetic...
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Golden Rice: Lifesaver?
24 August 2013, New York Times, Amy Harmon -- "The fight over genetically modified crops has gone global. Is hysteria impeding science? ...The destruction of the field trial, and the reasons given for...
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WFP Head Urges More Support For Yemen Amid Ongoing Hunger Crisis
12 September 2012, WFP -- "WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos wrapped up a four-day visit to Yemen by calling for increased humanitarian relief for...
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Fonterra Says China Rejected 42 Tons of Milk Powder
22 August 2013, Bloomberg -- "New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., the world’s largest dairy exporter, said China rejected 42 metric tons of its milk powder in May because of elevated nitrite...
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FAO food price index drops for fourth month running; abundant cereal crops
6 September 2013, MercoPress -- "FAO Food Price Index dropped for the fourth month in a row in August reaching its lowest level since June 2012. The index, which measures the monthly change in the...
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FAO - Global food prices continue to drop
5 September 2013, FAO -- "The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the fourth month in a row in August reaching its lowest level since June 2012.The index, which measures the monthly change in the...
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Saudi Arabia Donates Dates for Children Receiving School Meals in Nicaragua
7 September 2013, WFP -- "The UN World Food Programme (WFP) received a valuable contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah...
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Japan Helps Support Hunger Relief In Zimbabwe
12 September 2013, WFP -- "The Government of Japan has announced a contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) of more than US$4.2 million to boost food and nutrition security among...
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New tool aids targeting of water technologies to boost livelihoods
3 September 2013, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) -- "The Targeting AGwater Management Interventions (TAGMI) decision support tool, unveiled at World Water Week in Stockholm, helps planners in...
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Over 2 million people in Zimbabwe to require food assistance, warns UN agency
3 September 2013, UN News Centre -- "An estimated 2.2 million people are expected to need food assistance by early next year before the harvest period in March, the United Nations World Food Programme...
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Sharing the catch means more for everyone
5 September 2013, Environmental Defense Fund, EDFish Blog, Beia Spiller -- "It may seem counter-intuitive that sharing the catch yields more fish and economic benefits for fishermen and coastal...
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In California, silent water war fought underground as farms and cities...
7 September 2013, Washington Post via AP in Fresno, CA -- "For decades, this city in California’s agricultural heartland relied exclusively on cheap, plentiful groundwater and pumped increasingly...
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CDC, USDA and FDA Scientist Study: Livestock antibiotics hurt human treatments
19 September 2013, Politico -- "A new study provides the clearest evidence to date that the heavy use of antibiotics in livestock is undermining the use of antibiotics to treat sick humans, based on...
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House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion
19 September 2013, Huffington Post, Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives on Thursday approved sweeping reforms to the nation's food stamp program that would cut some $40 billion in...
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Floods Displace Tens of Thousands
12 September 2013, Voice of America, Juba, South Sudan -- "More than 100,000 people have been displaced by flooding in six of South Sudan's 10 states, and with the rain still coming down, the numbers...
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Following a Pesticide Away From the Field / September 19, 2013 / News from...
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African caterpillars resistant to GM maize
19 September 2013, Science Daily -- "Like many other transgenic crops, Bt maize synthesises its own pesticide: a toxic protein produced in its leaves and stems, which kills pests in a matter of days....
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US corn exporters concerned with Mercosur competition in Venezuela
MercoPress -- "United States corn exporters are concerned with the fact that Venezuela, one of their prime markets, is now a full member of Mercosur, which includes Brazil and Argentina two major...
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Growing Controversy Over GMO Bananas in Uganda
Uganda is poised to introduce genetically modified organisms as parliament considers a bill to regulate them. The modified crops could be the answer to devastating diseases like banana wil...See it on...
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Syngenta Launches Global Plan to Address Future Food Security - Farm Futures
Syngenta Launches Global Plan to Address Future Food Security Farm Futures Syngenta Thursday announced the launch of a new set of commitments to address global food security challenges, collectively...
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India’s small farmers turn hydrologists to battle drought
By Stella Paul | September 20, 2013 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kadire Kishtaiya didn’t get to study beyond elementary level at school, but the 62-year-old smallholder from Achampet village, 233km...
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Issues Surrounding Food Security Vital To Post-2015 Development Agenda ... -...
Issues Surrounding Food Security Vital To Post-2015 Development Agenda ... Kaiser Family Foundation One of the issues likely to be raised during the U.N. General Assembly's discussions regarding the...
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